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Is the serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) associated with harm avoidance and internalising problems in childhood and adolescence?
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Mar 2007
Becker K, El-Faddagh M, Schmidt M H, Laucht M
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The S allele of the 5-HTTLPR has been associated with anxiety-related behavioural traits and harm avoidance. The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism is suggested to modulate the serotonergic response to stress, meaning that individuals carrying the SS genotype who have significant stress histories may tend to develop depressive symptoms. In the Mannheim Study of Risk Children, which followed a cohort of n = 384 from birth to...
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